Dueling in the Old South: Vignettes of Social History

by Jack Williams

When the "code of honor" ruled the antebellum South--or at least its upper classes--the slightest insult might give rise to a pistol duel at twenty paces, conducted with elaborate politeness. A crime on the statue books but a matter of honor to Southern gentlemen, dueling reflected the pre-Civil War individualism of this caste and their distaste for legal governance of their personal affairs. An understanding of the gentry's acceptance of dueling...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890960984
• ISBN13: 9780890960981
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 109 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"